this morning on "world news now," spy outrage. new details just out overnight reveal that the u.s. may have spied, not on a handful of world leaders, but dozens of them. the increased tension and damage control today. police bravery. the videotaped heroics as one officer races to a violent scene to save another officer from a suspected killer. >> i fully expected him to approach the passenger side of my vehicle in an attempt to execute me. >> the bullets were flying as the cop made some split-second life-saving moves. then remembering lou r echlt echereed. the pioneer poet of rock and the father of indy rock known for his walk on the wild side. ♪ little joey never once gave it away ♪

♪ everybody that can became insane ♪ >> reed's influence on a generation as we pay tribute to his unforgettable talent. it's monday, october 28th. ♪ take a walk on the wild side >> hello, and welcome in on this monday, day one. look who it is once again joining us for the day. no, it's just the day. >> now it's just the day. three days in a row, thursday, friday, monday. yeah, just a short fill-in stint. so it's been good to be back, yes. >> yeah, when you can get the words out, of course. >> i always have the english thing down pat. >> i know. >> a couple more episodes, i got it. >> we're happy to have you, even if it's just for one more day. >> good to be back. good morning, everybody. happy monday. we do begin this half hour with the latest in the spy scandal involving world leaders. >> an internal review found that the nsa spied on 35 such leaders including germany's angela merkel reportedly as far back as 2002 before she was chancellor.

president obama was never told about the spy program until this summer, and he called a halt to it. >> this new this was is certain to further inflame tensions between the u.s. and its allies overseas. abc's jeffrey kofman reports now from london. >> reporter: it is not the way friends expect to be treated. the headlines in germany, the u.s. has been listening to chancellor angela merkel's cell phone calls since 2002, even longer than earlier reported. and president obama was told about this three years ago. the white house said the president was never told. on the streets of germany, outrage directed at the u.s. the chancellor herself feeling violated by these daily revelations that the u.s. has been snooping on one of its closest allies. "completely unacceptable," she said. germany is now the fifth u.s. ally to summon its american ambassador to lodge a formal protest. in france, outrage over the u.s.

intercept of 70 million e-mails and the bugging of their washington embassy. in brazil, their washington embassy bugged, their state oil company hacked by u.s. spies. mexico, the u.s. hacked the president's e-mails. spain too calling in the u.s. ambassador. >> our overall intelligence capabilities are important to the security of this nation and need to be preserved. >> i think the revelations from snowden and the secrets that have been revealed are doing significant damage to our bilateral relationships with germany, with mexico, with the other countries where the suggestion is that we've listened in. >> reporter: since the end of world war ii, the u.s. has had a no spying agreement with the uk, canada, australia and new zealand. the germans are now planning to send a delegation to washington to demand that they too be added to that list. jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. >> you can kind of understand

why our allies would be upset, but in this day and age, isn't everyone spying on everybody else? we can't just be the only people, the only nation doing this. >> absolutely. and i think the surprising point now is that president obama apparently didn't even know that this was happening, but officials at nsa say they have so many spy programs like this one going on, which is probably also breaking news for a lot of people, that it just doesn't make sense to keep the president abreast of so many of them. they would be in his office every other day, and they also apparent will i said they do not take orders from the president. >> my thing is, if the white house didn't know, why didn't the president not know, then who does? what does the white house not have jurisdiction over? that's scary. so kind of infrastructure and power control. >> the hierarchy. >> got some questions here. >> absolutely. >> i'm sure those details will spill out eventually but weird. moving on to the troubled

obama care website has rolled off its tracks yet again. a critical data center crashed stopping enrollment for all 50 states. now it comes amid growing frustration on capitol hill. ten democratic senators are urging the white house to delay some provisions of the affordable care act. but many republicans are calling for health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius to resign. >> there should be a suspension of the law to allow people to review this process. i'm pleased that so many democrats are joining me now in saying, yes, indeed. >> we are looking for quick answers so that we can, on behalf of the american people, straighten out as much as can be straightened out that is above the water which is the website. >> secretary sebelius is set to finally face the music about the botched website rollout before a house committee. that's going to happen on wednesday. in other news, oklahoma authorities are looking for four men who escaped from jail yesterday. officials didn't even realize they had escaped until someone reported four men outside of the jail in orange jumpsuits. now, a head count later confirmed that the men, were, in fact, missing. the escapees apparently opened a trap door above the shower and

then crawled out. three had been sentenced on drug charges, the fourth was awaiting trial on a gun charge. a funeral mass is scheduled today for the boston area schoolteacher who was found murdered last week. hundreds of mourners gathered yesterday to remember colleen ritzer at the church in her hometown of andover. ritzer's college roommate was among those who praised the young teacher. >> she was an inspiration to all of us. she was an inspiration to me to live my life to the fullest every single day. >> reporter: police say ritzer was killed in a school bathroom after dismissal on tuesday. 14-year-old philip chism is charged with murder in her death, and he has pleaded not guilty. singer chris brown is due in court today after spending the night in a washington, d.c. jail. the 24-year-old was arrested on assault charges yesterday morning along with his bodyguard. brown is now accused of punching a man in the face outside of a washington hotel. of course, he is still on probation for the 2009 beating of then girlfriend rihanna.

and we have an up-close look this morning of bravery on display. extraordinary heroics by a pennsylvania state trooper who did not hesitate to come face to face with a suspected killer on the run after a deadly rampage, and all of it was caught on camera. more from abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: this is dash cam video of state trooper tim strohmeyer racing in his patrol car, responding to an armed gunman who had just killed three people. >> proceed into call. several victims, several victims. >> we're responding. >> reporter: it was december 21st of last year. four days before christmas in small town, pennsylvania. up ahead coming into frame the suspect has intentionally hit another police car head on. corporal kevin campbell is trapped in the other police car. >> i fully expected him to approach the passenger side of my vehicle and attempt to execute me. >> reporter: strohmeyer decides to try to save officer campbell by ramming the suspect's vehicle to distract the shooter. the suspect gets out of the

truck firing. you can see strohmeyer's windshield cracking as the bullets fly through it. in this video you can see eight bullet holes. it happened so fast. you can see clearly right there. the suspect gun in hand, a .357 magnum coming towards strohmeyer. strohmeyer is hit in the chest and wrist, but he's wearing a bulletproof vest. staggering, he and another officer return fire killing the suspect. split-second decisions that save lives. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. the nascar season has three races left in it, and some drivers have just about had enough of each other. case in point, yesterday in virginia where greg biffle was racing with his rear bumper hanging off. now he accused jimmie johnson of causing that by running into him. so biffle angrily confronted johnson as he was being interviewed on pit row. there you go, fellas. they talked it out somewhat.

no punches were thrown and both are free to resume hostilities next weekend in texas. take it easy, fellas, take it easy. and the world series is now a best of three games affair. the red sox and cardinals were tied at one last night when boston's jonny gomes hit a three-run home run in the sixth. then with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the tying run at the plate, a st. louis base runner was picked off first base and, yep, that was that. boston wins, 4-2. the series now tied two games apiece. game five tonight in st. louis. shaping up to be a good series, which is always -- >> we were a little concerned after game one. >> -- what you want. yes. >> a blow-out. 8 to -- what was it, 8-1, 8-0 with the red sox. >> exactly. >> yikes. >> now it's all -- now it's getting good. down to the wire. i like that. well, thousands of people may still be recovering from a wild weekend in key west. >> it was the 35th annual fantasy fest parade, and as always, partygoers were out in force.

distance swimmer diana nyad was this year's grand marshal riding in a float that was surrounded by dancing jellyfish. quite appropriate for her. there were also plenty of superheroes, villains and monsters to go around. >> and, by the way, the alcohol was flowing so freely that the drivers of the 40 floats had to pass breathalyzers before the parade could get going. >> and no one passed. i have never been to key west but those folks down there know how to party. that looks like a fun spot to be. >> they are just in a world of their own. the kind of lifestyle that is just free and loving and kind of like the woodstock feel carried on down there. >> i love it, man. it's like the whole city is kind of like the french quarter of new orleans. it's like that same kind of vibe. we should do the show a week down there. >> just give me a couple of months. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, so you can really enjoy it. yes, we'll give you a couple of months and hopefully by then we'll have a budget to go down there. >> all right. coming up next, can a pricey pillow worth hundreds cure your

insomn insomnia? and the scary amount of money that americans are spending on candy, costumes and the spirit of halloween. what's your big purchase this year? you are watching "world news now." t of halloween. what's your big purchase this year? you are watching "world news now." nrs "world news now" brought to you l bily sorks so because when you use bleach, some stains are left behind. lysol toilet bowl cleaner does more. it removes the tough stains that bleach doesn't, and it also disinfects. so why just bleach? with lysol you can do more. that's healthing. and for a clean and fresh toilet with every flush, try lysol no mess automatic cleaner.

♪ then he was a she he said hey babe take a walk on the wild side ♪ ♪ he said hey honey >> ah, yes. a classic there by one of rock's most influential musicians. this morning the music world is mourning lou reed. >> reed founded the velvet underground, a groundbreaking band managed by andy warhol. abc's john donvan looks back at reed's iconic career. >> reporter: he only topped the charts once in his career. ♪ take a walk on the wild side >> reporter: "walk on the wild side," 1973. but record sales were never the point of lou reed. he was more important than that. a member of that small circle of rock musicians that other rock musicians recognize as changing the genre. in the '60s it was as songwriter and singer for the velvet underground where he took rock to darker places than it had been before. "sunday morning," one of those

songs that in its time was unlike anything anyone heard. reed was the son of an accountant in brooklyn, new york, who started out thinking he wanted to be a journalist or filmmaker. did the college stint as a radio deejay playing other people's music. with the '70s. reed went solo. that's when "walk on the wild side" came and travel that saw him in 2000 playing before the late pope john paul ii. reed's health was a challenge in recent years. "rolling stone" reported a liver transplant. reed didn't talk about any of that, not even on twitter where he posted up until the last day. a link to his facebook page, which is filling up with tributes from those who get it, why lou reed mattered. ♪ it was the music, nothing else. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> a true icon there. we also want to tell you about the death of a well-known actress. marcia wallace passed away from complications of pneumonia at the age of 70.

>> wallace will be best known for hr long running role on "the simpsons" as bart's teacher. she played the chain smoking edna kerfaufle. she won an emmy for her role in '92 and known for her role as a quick-witted receptionist on "the bob newhart show." >> a long and fantastic career she had. some of the voices on that show. it's been on for 20 plus years now, so iconic, those voices. >> some other hits about lou reed. >> that's right. >> i have the list here from the set. they were well informed. "sweet jane," "perfect day," "sally can dance," "satellite of love." a few of the other hits out there. >> the one we have been listening to the most out here. we feel like we have heard it our entire lives. one of those iconic songs you hear in the distance, and it doesn't really register but now we know that it was an iconic song. they will be missed. still to come, a big week for the gremlins and goblins but trick-or-treating can add up. >> $1 billion.

that's the cost of halloween, and you may be surprised to learn what the biggest expense is. and ahead in our next half hour, a world series shocker, the controversial call that made game three an instant classic. it has boston fans in an uproar. you're watching "world news now." now." world news now." when i have an asthma attack... i feel scared. sometimes my parents have to take me to the hospital. i feel like a fish with no water. you know how to react to their asthma attacks. here's how to prevent them. call...

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mystery, magic, lots of supervision and when it comes to halloween the more over the top probably the better. >> that's right. but making sure that the fun factor meets the fear factor does not come cheap. abc's clayton sandell shows us how this spooky season is giving a big boost to the american economy. [ screaming ] >> reporter: to some it's the sound of terror. to others, the sound of cash registers. chris stafford is what you might call a hauntrepreneur. >> are you doing that? >> yep. >> reporter: he co-owns three haunted houses in three states including denver's 13th floor, the wait to get in, four hours. >> haunted houses are coming into their own as another form of live entertainment. >> reporter: stafford hires 500 part-time actors in hollywood-style makeup like this one for me. please make sure you are getting my good side. nationwide there are roughly 1200 professional haunts. ticket sales roughly $1 billion. halloween spending is second to only christmas. candy, costumes and decorations will scare $7 billion out of american wallets this year, up

from 3.3 billion in 2005. this guy is called air corpse. at distortions unlimited in greeley, colorado, this creepy creation goes for 300 bucks. >> therapy for the children for the next 20 years is going to be pricey. >> welcome to the asylum. >> reporter: for some halloween is like therapy. >> people want to escape. you know, they want to get into another environment, maybe stop thinking about the world and how scary that is and actually come out and get scared. >> reporter: as profits rise faster than the living dead. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> and that brings us to our facebook question of the day. >> we want to know what's your biggest halloween expense this year. >> just logon to wnnfans.com, and let us know exactly what is on your mind -- >> i saw you -- don't even. i saw you. >> i tried to get her to scare you. i forgot we have these cameras. >> you want me to have this baby right here on the set. >> i'm here for you, girl.

>> you want this child to come popping out. ain't gonna happen. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. popping out. ain't gonna happen. we'll be right back.

♪ welcome to "the mix," everybody. we have got some great items for you. i have been working on my items for the last two minutes, and rob has been working on it for the last three hours because it's so complicated. he's still working on it. >> i'm studying up. i'm cramming. i'm unprepared. >> this is actually great. we're going to start out, buzz feed issued or put out an article. it's called 18 types of people you see at halloween parties. we have all been to halloween parties where there are all kinds of characters you are trying to figure out where everybody falls into these categories. we picked the five that we think are the most hilarious. the first is extremely uncomfortable costume that can't really move. >> that is true. that is true. >> how about this one. you have seen that person. how about this person, the

person that got too excited about how cheap the blood capsules were. >> that is good. >> here's the third one. the screen printed lazy printout. >> that's me. that's me. >> he's a sellout. >> that's what i do. like that. >> number four, the person who never, ever, ever breaks character. >> that's so annoying. come on, man. you are 38 years old. come on now. >> not really a table, buddy. not really a table. and number five, always at least one of these. the guy in the costume that nobody really understands, but don't worry, he's going to explain it to you. i don't even want to guess. >> does that shirt say "mustard"? >> yes. >> there's the mustard, there's the wiener. it is a complete package, i guess. >> that must be it. >> perfect sound. >> that's a great costume. this is dull. i'm going to speed through this. there's a new store here in -- >> i cannot wait. three hours you have been working on this. >> in new york and in a soho neighborhood called sleep studio.

their basic theory here is that what we do during the day to take care of ourselves just as important as what we do at night in terms of getting a good night's sleep. only in new york, they sell a pillow for $675. now, i don't know what -- >> a dull story and a dull picture. >> i told you this was dull so anyway, only in new york. i didn't read what is so special about this pillow but i'm amazed at the price. only in the big apple and back to you, diana, because that's all i have. >> okay, so here's a guy in georgia who realized that there was a home burning on his block. he wanted to save everybody inside. he goes inside and gets six adults and two kids out. but then he realizes there is beer inside. so he turns back around, walks with a cane, goes inside the house, closes the door behind him because that backdraft was about to kill him and went to save some beer. now you may ask why. he said that he got the kids out and everything. he said being an

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this morning on "world news now," doctor's demands. michael jackson's personal physician is getting out of jail. what he wants to do as soon as possible and why it's outraged the jackson family. carnival controversy. serious new allegations about an accident on a thrill ride at the north carolina state fair. did the operator cause that accident intentionally? world series shocker. the controversial call that's angered boston red sox fans. the uproar as the series goes into game five. and facing justice, chris brown's big day in court today after his weekend arrest. the latest assault allegation and what eyewitnesss are saying. we will have that and more in "the skinny." it is monday, october 28th.

>> oh, chris brown, chris brown. yes. >> again. >> come on, man. >> in between rihanna and now there was the incident of throwing something out of the window with the "good morning america" interview. >> with robin roberts. >> remember that? he's had a rough ride. >> he has to get it together. >> some anger management issues i'm sensing with chris. >> didn't he go to anger management classes? >> i thought so, yeah, not a good one, but he was there. >> he needs a new handler. he needs somebody, a new pr company to take over. that image is not good. >> anything. i think it is beyond the point of recovery, though. >> you may be right. >> yes, indeed. good to be back with you, though. >> yes. wonderful to have you. one more day. this is it. >> this is the end of our three-night stand. about back to your husband and go back to my wife. >> gave me a little more than usual. i usually get one night. >> i took my vitamins one night. i'm ready. >> appreciate that. >> thank you kindly. good morning again, everybody. happy monday. well, freedom for dr. conrad

murray this morning two years after he was convicted in the death of michael jackson. >> now, murray is being released early for good behavior, and if he gets his way, it won't be long before he'll be practicing medicine again. abc's larry jacobs has the story. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray has spent the past two years calling a los angeles prison cell his home, but this morning the disgraced physician found guilty in november of 2011 of involuntary manslaughter in the death of michael jackson will likely leave detention, two years shy of the four-year sentence he received. >> it's going to be a shock, i believe, physically and emotionally when he walks out the door. >> reporter: murray was treating jackson on june 25th, 2009, the night the pop singer died. murray, acting as jackson's private physician, administered an intravenous drip of the anesthetic of propofol along with a cocktail of other anti-anxiety drugs and muscle relaxants in an effort to help jackson, a chronic insomniac, sleep. >> i would think he would say

giving propofol wasn't the best idea and should have walked away. jackson would have got it from someone else. >> reporter: next to return is to medicine. he is filing petitions in texas to have his license reinstated. >> he is pretty confident he'll be able to practice medicine somewhere. >> reporter: an outraged katherine jackson releasing this statement, "it is clear conrad murray killed michael jackson. we hope he can never practice medicine again and will not violate his hippocratic oath and hurt another patient." larry jacobs, abc news, new york. four convicts are on the lam after breaking out of a county jail. they apparently crawled out through a plumbing access space above the shower. jail officials didn't realize that they were missing until someone reported seeing prisoners in orange jump suits outside of the facility in the middle of the night. now, it's reported the four have now ditched their orange jumpsuits and authorities have no leads. and stunning new revelations about the extent of u.s. spying on allies. an internal review found that the nsa spied on

angela merkel and 35 world leaders for up to five years. perhaps even more shocking that the white house didn't learn of the surveillance until recently. an nsa spokeswoman says the agency does not take its orders from the president. in international news this morning, syria filed details of its poison gas and nerve agent program and an initial plan to destroy it. the exact information is confidential and will not be made public. inspectors just finished visiting most of the 23 sites where the syrian government claims chemical weapons were used. and a man is in custody after an apparent security breach at the montreal airport. the 71-year-old suspect was detained after a suspicious package was found in a u.s. departures area of that airport. now, police refuse to say what they found but said it was not a bomb. flight operations at the airport were disrupted for about three hours. investigators in north carolina are focusing on possible tampering after a carnival ride went haywire last week injuring five people. the ride operator is now behind bars, and more workers may soon

be arrested. abc's gio benitez has more. >> reporter: a startling accusation that one of the workers at the north carolina state fair tampered with the ride. >> it makes me mad to think that anybody would put people's safety in danger like they have. and i'm not mad, i'm furious. >> reporter: 49-year-old tim tutterow seen here was charged with three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury. the ride called the vortex twists, turns and flips, and thursday it suddenly restarted as riders were getting off. their harnesses not in place. five people were sent to the hospital. three are still there including a 14-year-old. >> i heard the people hit that metal floor. it was just real loud, multiple hits, you know, and saw people laying there. people running away because at that point the ride was kind of moving stomach. >> reporter: the company which hired tutterrow and brought the ride to the fair are quote

devastated by this accident. police say more arrests are expected. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> there's only one question. what in the world is the possible motive? why would you intentionally rig the ride for people to get hurt? i mean -- >> and in such a cruel way too. i mean, it was such a cruel thing to do. it's a carnival ride. this is where entire families go to try and enjoy themselves because it's more -- it's less expensive than taking somebody to, you know, a disney world or a six flags. they can afford this. to target people just trying to have a good time. >> state fairs are like as americana as it gets. you know what i mean, so to do something that seemingly malicious or allegedly malicious is just scary. think of the way it twists and turns and that thing picks you up, and you're not harnessed in. >> not anymore. >> people could have died. several folks are in the hospital and attendance did drop over the weekend once people learned what happened. moving on this morning, there could be a new gold rush brewing in the state of colorado. a man claims that he tossed a

half million dollars in gold into a trash bin. why you ask? he did it so his wife could not have it during their divorce proceedings. and bank records back him up. he did, indeed, convert the money into gold coins and bars. now, whether he really did throw it away, that isn't clear just yet, but if he did, there could be a fortune in a colorado springs land fill. the man is in jail until his next court hearing. >> i have a funny feeling that ex-wife is doing a little dumpster diving. >> i'm taking everything. i'm taking everything you got. >> wow. >> whoo, man. >> if there wasn't a gold rush there, there will be now. >> yeah, yeah, as we speak. >> because a whole lot more people just heard about it. moving on to the weather now, a look at the nation's weather. shower and thunderstorms for parts of the south with strong storms moving across parts of kansas and oklahomament another wintry storm is brewing over the rockies with snow accumulations of up to 18 inches in parts of wyoming, montana and idaho. >> temperatures will be milder from west virginia to new england.

highs in the 80s from south texas over to south florida. 10 to 25 degrees below normal on the west coast. as we get ready for halloween, it seems a lot of folks out there are doing some interesting things with pumpkins. oh. whoo! whoa. >> it's a dangerous sentence, guys. >> right. >> all right. of course, that is something that is not exclusive to the u.s. >> of course not. and here's your proof of why. a guy in britain is setting something of a record of being the first person to travel from england to the isle of white in a hollowed out pumpkin. get your mind out of the gutter. the 800-pound gourd was rigged with two small engines. now, he completed the three-mile voyage in just under two hours but he had to go back across because you guessed it, his pumpkin sprung a leak. >> oh, you got to hate that. that is really awkward for everybody. not nearly as freaky as i was thinking about. that last line was a tease. >> that wasn't so bad.

>> that opening line. >> by the way, he set another world record last week by paddling a 600-pound pumpkin 100 meters in just 2 minutes. that's pretty impressive. >> hey, man. we all have hobbies. >> yes. >> yes, exactly. something like that. >> good luck, dude. congrats. coming up next, the worst celebrity halloween costume so far this season. someone's in a little bit of hot water, and we've seen this many times before. >> oh, yes. >> the controversial call at the world series also coming up. the outrage, the explanation and reaction from all the fans. you are watching "world news now." ♪ you are watching "world news now." ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by charmin ultra strong. ght to you by charmin ultra strong. charmin ultra strong.hy ts

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♪ he runs the bases like a 4hoo-choo train ♪ . ♪ swings around like an airplane ♪ welcome back, everyone. the experts predicted that it would be a super close world series, and so far it's not been disappointing at all. in fact, it's now a best of three games affair. >> you want to see a close championship series. man, yeah. well, the red sox and cardinals were tied at one last night when boston's jonny gomes hit a three-run homer in the sixth and then with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and a tying run at

the plate, a st. louis base runner was picked off first base, and that was it. >> boston wins it, 4-2. series tied two games apiece. game five in st. louis tonight. >> and i can actually watch it because i'm off the next two days. i can stay up late. have a few beers, chill out. sorry. >> now you have rubbed in the fact you don't have to go to bed early, and you can stay up and the fact that you're going to be drinking beer. that's great. thanks. >> i will call you. i'll call in to the show. >> are you done after today? >> that's it. i'm done. >> okay. there are moments in every baseball organization that go down in history for better or for worse. >> at best think babe ruth calling the very spot, of course, where his own home run would land in the 1932 world series. on the other side, the worst, chicago cubs fan steve bartman's infamous catch during that pivotal playoff game. infamous moment. now add controversial call in game three of the world series. and where more on this, here's abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: one out. bottom of the ninth. cardinal runners on second and third.

jon jay hits a sharp ground ball. the red sox fielder fires home to get the lead runner, but the catcher throws wildly to third base. here comes the throw from left field, and the runner is out, but wait, he's safe? the umpire says the third baseman interfered with the runner and overturned the out call. take another look. the cardinal runner trips over third baseman will middlebrooks. the cardinals win, 5-4. the red sox cry foul. >> i have to dive for that ball, and there's nowhere for me to go. >> but the umpire said later the rule is clear. a fielder cannot block a runner. >> the base runner has every right to go unobstructed to home plate and, unfortunately, for middlebrooks he was right there. >> reporter: joyce is the same umpire who famously botched this play at first base in 2010, calling a runner safe when replay showed he was out depriving detroit's pitcher armando galarraga of a perfect game. joyce admitted after ward that

he blew that call the >> i had a man up and do the right thing. >> reporter: this time joyce says he got it right. and his fellow umpires, the league and seemingly the video back him up. if the red sox come back and win the world series, that whole crazy play will be nothing more than an amusing footnote, but if they lose, it will become part of baseball lore and in boston, baseball infamy. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> i have to be honest, i don't typically follow baseball until we get to the playoffs, particularly the world series. i was watching the game live when that call happened. i tweeted out like somebody explain to me what that is all about because i didn't get it. if you are not a baseball person, they give a guy a base if he's obstructed while running to the next plate, so, the guy put his legs up and looked like he tried to trip him. and so he gave him the next base, which was home plate. boom. scored the run, boom, game over. that's it in a nutshell. >> boston fans are saying had it not been for that, the series wouldn't be tied, and they would

be one game up so -- >> you hate to see when it comes down to like -- i think it was a good call, but you hate to see it come down to a call opposed to the dramatic grand slam or you know what i mean, something like that. >> it wasn't the last game of the series. it was just another game in the series, so hopefully moving on they will tie each other out and then we'll actually have a game seven where we really do get an impressive game and there's no technicalities there. >> but trust me, if the red sox lose, beantown will debate that call until the end of time. >> forever. >> yes. >> all right. well, we'll be right back. k. >> announcer: "world news now" co

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♪ skinny so s ♪ skinny so skinny welcome to "the skinny," everyone. and once again chris brown in the news for all the wrong reasons. this time apparently he's been arrested and charged with felony assault because he punched a man in the face and broke his nose. this according to the victim. this happened at 4:30 in the morning outside of the w hotel on k street in washington, d.c. and apparently what -- so according to chris brown's people, there were two ladies outside of the hotel trying to take a picture. the victim comes and tries to photo bomb the picture. chris doesn't like that, and he goes nuts. that's what the victim is saying. chris brown's people are saying that's not true. he was trying to get on chris brown's tour bus, and chris

didn't like that and, therefore, he reacted. so there you have it. he is now facing these charges, and there was also apparently right before striking the man, he blurted out a gay slur where he said, i'm not into this gay bleep. i'm into boxing, so more on top of more piled on top of more and then a little more and then some more. so there you have it. mr. chris brown, by the way, still in hot water and on probation from the 2009 attack on his then girlfriend rihanna is now in hot water once again with the law. last time he got probation. i don't even think he went to jail. this time who knows what will happen to him. >> at least he hit a man this time. >> still. >> come on, chris. >> anyway, kim and kanye engaged now, of course. >> we want prenup. >> exactly. but according to tmz, they have agreed to sign a prenup. they will keep their assets separate, despite a massive joint account of some kind. and according to how much they -- speculation as to how much they have.

kim is worth about 14 million but kanye is worth $90 million and apparently they will have a contract and they will have a prenup to keep the kimye empire intact in the likely event that they split. yeah. >> in the very highly likely event. >> yeah, this such a low-key couple. >> they really do have a solid foundation. julianne hough, as we all know from "dancing with the stars" is in trouble. last friday she decided to opt for quite a controversial halloween costume. she had blackface on while she was dressed as the character from the hit series "orange is the new black." she has taken to twitter to apologize. this is the character that she was going for. crazy eyes on the show. she wrote on saturday, "i'm a huge fan of the show and the actress, the character that she's created, it was not my intention to be disrespectful or demeaning to anyone in any way. i realize my costume hurt and offended people, and i truly

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>> very serious stuff. so we asked, should schools restrict the dances that students can do, and here are some of your answers. >> jo anna chimed in. she said "no, let them do it and make sure to record it to embarrass them later, though." that's the kim kardashian model. >> cherie says "yes, there should be rules at these dances. nowadays these dances are not about dancing it's about displaying a sexual act and saying it is dancing to make it okay. dancing is fine. humping and grinding is not fine, and it's not dancing!" >> i don't see nothing wrong. joy weighed in with this, "this question was prevalent in the '60s when the twist, the pony, the monkey, the hitchhiker, the pony, the jerk and the go-go boots came out. with each generation we tell ourselves that we will not be like our parents and grandparents were, and then we turn right around and do it every time." the jerk really is timeless. >> i do that in the club every night. >> it keeps on giving.

>> i was doing it all week and that's how i got all those singles, and dina says "only let them do the waltz and the polka. no! hasn't anyone seen "footloose" just because they don't do it at school doesn't mean they can't do it elsewhere." like i was doing the twerk all weekend. dina is my girl. >> i mean, i get that the kids can take it too far, and i get that, you know, kids get sexualized at a young age. the videos and the movies. i do get all of that. but they're going to find -- kids always find a way. i'm not -- >> here's the thing. these are young kids. this is a chaperoned space. why don't you watch what it is that they do when they are being watched by the adults so that you can have an idea what's really going on when they're not being watched by the adults. >> i agree. everybody's adult supervision. everybody has to get on it. everybody needs some chaperon and some guidance. >> he is going to try to touch me. he's going to try to touch me with his stuff.

have a wonderful monday, everyone. making news in america this morning -- angry allies. outrage growing as the u.s. admits to spying on more world leaders. what did the president know and when? we're live in washington. inmates escape. the hunt under way for a group of prisoners who used a daring and clever way to make a dash for freedom. gold digger. why one man claims he put a fortune's worth of a precious metal in the trash. and stealing the spotlight. a university marching band is upstaging the team and raising the bar when it comes to the performance. and good monday morning, everybody. i'm rob ne